The Festival of Hedgehogs

After this morning's Tree-Hugging we thought it would be nice to continue the Woodland theme with a Festival of Hedgehogs.

Nationwide, the hedgehog is in terrible trouble. And whether you blame cars, pesticides, badgers or foxes, it's not good when one of our funniest, quietest national wild animals is increasingly endangered.

So we thought we'd have an awareness-raising service. This involved the singing of the "Hedgehog song". And the Curling-up exercise where we all had to curl into balls on the floor while Marston (representing a predator) randomly poked people with sticks. And then the modified game of British Bulldog, where you had to run across the Moot House while people drove electric buggies around at high speed. And then everybody had a nice bowl of bread and milk - I know you shouldn't give this to hedgehogs, but we stuck with it because it was nicer than cat food or a bowl of slugs and woodlice.

We're all a lot more aware now. So I feel much better about the plight of the Hedgehog. I can't wait to do it again next year.